Iram, the Ancient City with Columns
One late evening Amir and his mother went for a walk. Amir
was a stout boy of ten with black hair and black eyes. “Let us go back home,”
he said. “I want to stay a bit longer,” replied his mother. “Why?” he said and opened
his eyes wide. There was doubt in them because he knew that his mother usually
went to bed early. “I like to stay in the star light for a while. I love to see
the clear blue sky studded with shiny stars,” was the reply. “Alright, and then
tell me the story of the City with Columns,” Amir demanded.
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The people of Ad were the descendents
of Noah and the few believers who were saved. They established themselves in
the land and became a nation. They keenly watched the nature, collected data,
and deduced the laws from it. The scientific approach made them far advanced in
the art of building on the mountains. They used to live in the hills; cutting
them and transforming them in to comfortable homes. Moreover, they discovered
how to be great horticulturists. This knowledge helped them to grow many
gardens in the kingdom. The scientific skills made them very powerful and rich.
No other nation was as
powerful as they were. This made them very proud and unruly. In spite of
scientific approach, they refused to appreciate Hud’s message when he came to
them as a messenger of God. Hud’s opposition came from the leaders and chiefs
who had an abundance of means. Hud’s first objection was that useless
construction of big monuments only to show power was a waste of resources.
Moreover, he told them, “I am a messenger from God, to tell you that there is
only one God and you must follow his laws. For that, you have to follow me so
that I can remove all the hindrances which are unbalancing your society. Otherwise,
a great doom will fall on you”
The chiefs were standing near the strong forts
which they had built. They were intoxicated by the idea of power that they
possessed. The leaders and chiefs could not think that anyone in the world was
capable of doing any harm to them. 
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